Title: The Soviet System or the Dictatorship of the Proletariat?
Author: Rudolf Rocker
#Communism #StateSocialism #Socialism #MarxismLeninism #Marxism #Leninism #Trotskyism #Anarchism
These happen to be two of my absolute favorite writings!
#Communism #StateSocialism #Socialism #MarxismLeninism #Marxism #Leninism #Trotskyism #Anarchism
Title: The Communist Party and the Idea of Dictatorship
Author: Rudolf Rocker
#Communism #StateSocialism #Socialism #MarxismLeninism #Marxism #Leninism #Trotskyism #Anarchism
Title: The Soviet System or the Dictatorship of the Proletariat?
Author: Rudolf Rocker
#Communism #StateSocialism #Socialism #MarxismLeninism #Marxism #Leninism #Trotskyism #Anarchism
I don't like how fellow Muslims talk about Islam to Western audiences. It's always defensive. Taking the offensive stance once in a while is necessary. Islam doesn't need defending. It's those who paint it as dangerous that need to explain themselves.
Read my critique of Western political frameworks. Consider it a mirror for those who claim to be allies in the West and “anti-imperialist.”
https://wrzky.com/orientalism-and-the-denial-of-muslim-political-agency/
#orientalism #muslimfeminism #antiimperialism #pluralism #Trotskyism #panislamism #liberalfeminism #secularism #decolonial #deconstruction #anarchism #muslim #islam #indonesia #palestine #marxism #iran #afghanistan #lebanon #syria #communism #syncretism
On February 1, 1980, González was alone in the apartment when the bell rang. She opened the door and found herself facing members of Group 41, a criminal gang linked to NF.
The men forced their way in and searched for evidence that González had ties to Basque terror group ETA. She did not and they found nothing. But they were undeterred. They hauled her downstairs and forced her into a car.
And they interrogated her all the way to the wasteland by the highway linking Alcorcón and San Martín de Valdeiglesias. When they reached their destination, they shot her three times.
19 year old Spanish Trotskyist, Yolanda González Martín, active in the Socialist Workers Party, was kidnapped and murdered February 1, 1980 by members of the fascist organization, New Force. #OTD #Spain #Antifa #Trotskyism
These shifts mirrored a broader global upsurge, from the US anti-war and civil-rights movements to the French general strike of 1968, Italy's 1969 ...
The trajectory of Tanzania under Nyerere stands as a decisive refutation of the petty-bourgeois illusion that national independence, state ownership, or Pan-African sentiment could substitute for proletarian revolution.#Africa #Tanzania #CCM #CHADEMA #ACTWazalendo #Nyerere #AfricanSocialism #Pabloism #PanAfricanism #Trotskyism #Trotsky
The December 9 Protest in Tanzania, Nyerere’s “African Socialism” and the Struggle for Permanent Revolution—Part Four
The trajectory of Tanzania under Nyerere stands as a decisive refutation of the petty-bourgeois illusion that national independence, state ownership, or Pan-African sentiment could substitute for proletarian revolution.
In Nigeria, the general strike of 1945 involved more than 200,000 workers across transport and public services. In Ghana, the 1948 ex-servicemen's ...
As Trotsky’s had warned, the democratic, economic and social aspirations of workers and peasants could not be resolved through the creation of Tanzanian capitalist state along the borders of colonialism and within the imperialist framework.#Africa #Tanzania #CCM #CHADEMA #ACTWazalendo #Nyerere #AfricanSocialism #Pabloism #PanAfricanism #Trotskyism #Trotsky
The December 9 Protest, Nyerere’s “African Socialism” and the Struggle for Permanent Revolution—Part Two
As Trotsky’s had warned, the democratic, economic and social aspirations of workers and peasants could not be resolved through the creation of Tanzanian capitalist state along the borders of colonialism and within the imperialist framework.
✊🏽 Major protests against corruption in the Philippines
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/09/22/zhyf-s22.html
#philippines #protest #corruption #politics #globalsouth #socialism #trotskyism
The emergence of corruption charges over the past four months is bound up with the political volatility of the Asia-Pacific region as it confronts the uncertainty and economic havoc of the Trump tariffs, and the mounting danger of war between the US and China.